A collection of statements Congressman Ron Paul has made over the past 30 years dealing with foreign policy from the date he was first elected to Congress. Ron Paul provides a history of economic policy in the United States and uses this history to argue that the same free market principals applied to U.S. domestic policy should be applied to U.S. foreign policy

E-commerce's innovation has left gaps in U.S. tax laws.

Chapter One is the only treatise that examines the ineptness of Congress in using ancient tax laws for today's virtual world and E-commerce. Ironically, trusts (which have been used by the wealthy since the Great Crusades) are the ideal tool.

Look at this change. In 1910, electricity was not in the White House. Cars were laughed at, with jokes like, “Get a horse!” Phones were rare, and there was no air travel.

Foreign trusts have been used by entrepreneurs for cross border business starting in the 1960's with Nat King Cole. Chapter One explains the use of foreign trusts for international estate planning and international business. Deferring income taxes for 365 years with a Nevada Trust is discussed in this Chapter One and Chapter Six.

About the Author

Brian Dooley has been specializing in offshore taxation since 1974. He has helped numerous accountants and attorneys serve a broad range of individual and business clients in various international tax and estate planning matters.

Also, he has on nine occasions offered expert witness testimony before the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. House of Representatives on issues related to foreign investments, foreign trusts and private annuities. His experience includes:

* Obtaining private letter rulings and voluntary disclosure agreements from the IRS * Resolving (on an anonymous basis) undisclosed cross-border tax issues with the IRS * Advising attorneys and CPA's, since 1976, on 100's of international tax audits and IRS agreements, * Developing tax-efficient international estate plans * Implementing strategies that minimize cross-border taxes

Expertise

Brian's forte is obtaining written IRS rulings on tax planning strategies to guarantee savings. He also excels in counseling chartered accountants, CPAs and attorneys in international tax law. He is highly skilled in using the IRS tax-amnesty program, private letter rulings, foreign business tax credits and offshore trusts to help clients:

* Achieve their international tax and estate planning objectives * Protect themselves from audits, penalties and unpleasant tax surprises * Avoid IRS tax controversy * Set up captive insurance companies * Deal with foreign inheritances * Immigrate into the United States or open a U.S. office for a foreign company

Publications

* Estate Planning with a Foreign Trust * Contributing author to Taxation of International Transactions, edited by Matthew Bender

Involvements

* American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member * California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Member

Education

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters in Business Taxation from the University of Southern California.

If you have any questions or comments, email me at brian@intltaxcounselors.com or call me, Brian Dooley, CPA, MBT, at 949-939-3414.

E-commerce's innovation has left gaps in U.S. tax laws.

Chapter One is the only treatise that examines the ineptness of Congress in using ancient tax laws for today's virtual world and E-commerce. Ironically, trusts (which have been used by the wealthy since the Great Crusades) are the ideal tool.

Look at this change. In 1910, electricity was not in the White House. Cars were laughed at, with jokes like, “Get a horse!” Phones were rare, and there was no air travel.

Foreign trusts have been used by entrepreneurs for cross border business starting in the 1960's with Nat King Cole. Chapter One explains the use of foreign trusts for international estate planning and international business. Deferring income taxes for 365 years with a Nevada Trust is discussed in this Chapter One and Chapter Six.

About the Author

Brian Dooley has been specializing in offshore taxation since 1974. He has helped numerous accountants and attorneys serve a broad range of individual and business clients in various international tax and estate planning matters.

Also, he has on nine occasions offered expert witness testimony before the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. House of Representatives on issues related to foreign investments, foreign trusts and private annuities. His experience includes:

* Obtaining private letter rulings and voluntary disclosure agreements from the IRS * Resolving (on an anonymous basis) undisclosed cross-border tax issues with the IRS * Advising attorneys and CPA's, since 1976, on 100's of international tax audits and IRS agreements, * Developing tax-efficient international estate plans * Implementing strategies that minimize cross-border taxes

Expertise

Brian's forte is obtaining written IRS rulings on tax planning strategies to guarantee savings. He also excels in counseling chartered accountants, CPAs and attorneys in international tax law. He is highly skilled in using the IRS tax-amnesty program, private letter rulings, foreign business tax credits and offshore trusts to help clients:

* Achieve their international tax and estate planning objectives * Protect themselves from audits, penalties and unpleasant tax surprises * Avoid IRS tax controversy * Set up captive insurance companies * Deal with foreign inheritances * Immigrate into the United States or open a U.S. office for a foreign company

Publications

* Estate Planning with a Foreign Trust * Contributing author to Taxation of International Transactions, edited by Matthew Bender

Involvements

* American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member * California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Member

Education

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Masters in Business Taxation from the University of Southern California.

If you have any questions or comments, email me at brian@intltaxcounselors.com or call me, Brian Dooley, CPA, MBT, at 949-939-3414.

The world has changed in the seventeen years since the controversial initial publication of Paul Hawken's Ecology of Commerce, a stirring treatise about the perceived antagonism between ecology and business. Yet Hawken's impassioned argument—that business both causes the most egregious abuses of the environment and, crucially, holds the most potential for solving our sustainability problems—is more relevant and resonant than ever.

Containing updated and revised material for a new audience, The Ecology of Commerce presents a compelling vision of the restorative (rather than destructive) economy we must create, centered on eight imperatives:

• Reduce energy carbon emissions 80 percent by 2030 and total natural resource usage 80 percent by 2050.
• Provide secure, stable, and meaningful employment to people everywhere.
• Be self-organizing rather than regulated or morally mandated.
• Honor market principles.
• Restore habitats, ecosystems, and societies to their optimum.
• Rely on current income.
• Be fun and engaging, and strive for an aesthetic outcome.

Paul Hawken, the entrepreneur behind the Smith & Hawken gardening supplies empire, is no ordinary capitalist. Drawing as much on Baba Ram Dass and Vaclav Havel as he does on Peter Drucker and WalMart for his case studies, Hawken is on a one-man crusade to reform our economic system by demanding that First World businesses reduce their consumption of energy and resources by 80 percent in the next 50 years. As if that weren't enough, Hawken argues that business goals should be redefined to embrace such fuzzy categories as whether the work is aesthetically pleasing and the employees are having fun; this applies to corporate giants and mom-and-pop operations alike. He proposes a culture of business in which the real world, the natural world, is allowed to flourish as well, and in which the planet's needs are addressed. Wall Street may not be ready for Hawken's provocative brand of environmental awareness, but this fine book is full of captivating ideas.

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LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is the #1 text for this course--setting the standard by delivering comprehensive, authoritative, and cutting-edge coverage in an interesting and accessible format. Its recipe for success includes the same "black letter law" flavor as its #1 Business Law counterpart Business Law by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross, but with a more specific focus on current topics like ethics, government regulation, and administrative law. The cases, content, and features of the exciting new 7th edition have been meticulously and thoroughly updated, representing the latest developments. An excellent assortment of cases ranges from precedent-setting landmarks to recent decisions. Ethical, global, and e-commerce themes are integrated throughout, and numerous critical thinking exercises challenge students to apply what they've learned to real-world issues. The text also offers an unmatched range of support materials -- including innovative online teaching and learning resources. It's no wonder that LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is used by more colleges and universities than any other business law text.

Mallor, Barnes, Bowers and Langvardt’s: Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment, 14e is appropriate for the two-term business law course. The cases in the 14th edition are excerpted and edited by the authors. The syntax is not altered, therefore retaining the language of the courts. As in recent previous editions, the 14th edition includes a mix of actual AND hypothetical cases.

Designed for authors, artists, crafters, collectors and smaller scale sellers looking for alternatives to the big three and a simple way to sell their items without having to jump through policy hoops or get fleeced by fees. Think outside the big box and explore the best free and inexpensive platforms, storefronts, tools and e-commerce options with blogger Hillary DePiano from TheWhineSeller.com. With marketplace reviews, advice, comparisons, advantages and disadvantages to each tool and platform, this eBook offers the chance to benefit from nearly a decade and a half of online selling experience with practical advice from someone who’s been there. Whether you are looking for a standalone web store or to add e-commerce elements or a shopping cart feature to your existing website, this inexpensive but info packed eBook is a great place to start your journey beyond eBay, Etsy and Amazon and discover the other options out there.

Designed for authors, artists, crafters, collectors and smaller scale sellers looking for alternatives to the big three and a simple way to sell their items without having to jump through policy hoops or get fleeced by fees. Think outside the big box and explore the best free and inexpensive platforms, storefronts, tools and e-commerce options with blogger Hillary DePiano from TheWhineSeller.com. With marketplace reviews, advice, comparisons, advantages and disadvantages to each tool and platform, this eBook offers the chance to benefit from nearly a decade and a half of online selling experience with practical advice from someone who’s been there. Whether you are looking for a standalone web store or to add e-commerce elements or a shopping cart feature to your existing website, this inexpensive but info packed eBook is a great place to start your journey beyond eBay, Etsy and Amazon and discover the other options out there.

The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy”.

Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war—a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America’s copyright laws have ceased to perform their original, beneficial role: protecting artists’ creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions.

For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Some of today’s most talented artists are felons, and so are our kids, who see no reason why they shouldn’t do what their computers and the Web let them do, from burning a copyrighted CD for a friend to “biting” riffs from films, videos, songs, etc and making new art from them.

Criminalizing our children and others is exactly what our society should not do, and Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict—a war as ill conceived and unwinnable as the war on drugs. By embracing “read-write culture,” which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support—artistic, commercial, and ethical—that they deserve and need. Indeed, we can already see glimmers of a new hybrid economy that combines the profit motives of traditional business with the “sharing economy” evident in such Web sites as Wikipedia and YouTube. The hybrid economy will become ever more prominent in every creative realm—from news to music—and Lessig shows how we can and should use it to benefit those who make and consume culture.

Remix is an urgent, eloquent plea to end a war that harms our children and other intrepid creative users of new technologies. It also offers an inspiring vision of the post-war world where enormous opportunities await those who view art as a resource to be shared openly rather than a commodity to be hoarded.